Collocations for "candle"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "candle" in context.
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candle
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [wax, tallow, scented, floating] candle
- [birthday, cake] candles
- the candle's wick
- lit a candle in [prayer, memory of, honor of]
- lit a candle to [read, see, observe, look for]
- light a candle for
- [put out, extinguish] the candle
- blow out the [cake, birthday] candles
- [lit, blew out] the candles
- blow the candles out (and make a wish)
- blew all the candles out [in, with] one [breath, try]
- The cake has [15] candles this year.
- put candles on the cake
- was reading by candle
- a [bath, dinner, cake] with candles
- the [room, theater, castle] was lit by candles
- idiom: has been burning the candle at both ends
- idiom: [doesn't, can't] hold a candle to [her, the champion]
- UK: [asking, trying, suggesting, going] is not worth the candle
- a candle [holder, tray, stick]
- [sealed with, burned by, made of] candle wax
- a candle-lit [dinner, terrace, setting, room, bathroom]
'candle' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):